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Addison Lucchi

Addison

Lucchi

Instructional & Research Librarian, Professor of English
  • PHD, Educational Leadership & English, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2023
  • MBA, Business Administration, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2019
  • MLIS, Library & Information Science, Simmons College, 2017
  • BGS, English & Psychology, Ball State University, 2015
amlucchi@mnu.edu
I believe that faith and learning are intimately connected. God gave us a natural curiosity, and He created in us a desire to learn. I believe that learning, when done with the intent of glorifying God and building His kingdom here on earth, is an expression of worship.
  • 2022 Served as Project Director for $2,300 Stories of Faith: Identity Development through Story Humanities Kansas “Action Grant”, 2022-2023. Planned a series of six public humanities events—four literary discussion groups, one keynote talk, and one panel discussion—all focused on literary and personal stories of faith, exploring how reading, discussing, and telling stories can contribute to personal identity development.
  • 2021 Kansas Library Association “Health and Wellness Grant” in the amount of $1,000.
  • 2021 Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau grant in the amount of $500.
  • 2021 State Library of Kansas “Kansas Notable Books Grant” in the amount of $300.
  • 2021 Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau grant in the amount of $275.
  • 2021 KLA College & University Libraries Section Beginning Professional Award.
  • 2020 Kansas Library Association New Professional Presidential
  • 2020 Kansas Library Association Continuing Education Grant in the amount of $100.
  • 2020 University of Missouri-KC Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship
  • 2020 Humanities Kansas CARES Act Relief Grant in the amount of $7,500.
  • 2019 State Library of Kansas “Kansas Notable Books Grant” in the amount of $230.
  • 2019 Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau grants in the amount of $300 each (two grants awarded for AY19-20).
  • 2019 Served as Project Director for $5,650 Resilience Through Story Humanities Kansas  “Humanities for All Grant”, 2019-2020. Planned a series of 10 public humanities events in collaboration with the Olathe Public Library and local humanities Facilitated public discussion on the topic of how literary, historical, and cultural stories can help people cope with adverse life events and overcome challenges.
  • 2018 Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau grant in the amount of $300.
  • 2017 Kansas Library Association Continuing Education Grant in the amount of $200.
  • 2017 Northeast Kansas Library System Continuing Education Grant in the amount of $135 to attend Brick and Click Academic Library
  • 2017 Davidson County Community College “Inquiry Grant” in the amount of $1,000 to investigate the cloud-based eLearning authoring tool
  • 2015-2016 Merit Scholarship, Simmons College. 2011-2015 BOLD Scholarship, Ball State
  • 2011-2015 full tuition Honors Distinction Scholarship, Ball State University
  • 2011-2012 Dollars for Scholars, Kansas City Power &
  • Lucchi, (2021). Instructional identity development through narrative discovery. In A. N. Hess (Ed.), Instructional Identities and Information Literacy: Transforming Ourselves Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries (in process).
  • Fitzsimmons, , & Lucchi, A. (2020). Teaching wizarding houses: Hogwarts’ case for a learner centered pedagogy. In M. Rovan and M. Wehler (Eds.), The Pedagogy of Harry Potter. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
  • Lucchi, A. (2019). The writerly librarian: Creativity and writing. In V. Gubnitskaia and C. Smallwood (Eds.), Creativity for Library Career Advancement: Perspectives, Techniques, and Eureka Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
  • Riggers-Piehl, T., Lucchi, A., King, K. & Lim, G. (2020). Political participation and social engagement at girls’ and coeducational high schools: A comparative study (in process)
  • Lucchi, (2018). The facts of fiction: Research for Creative Writers. Brick and Click Conference Proceedings.
  • Lucchi, A. (2022). Strengthening Curriculum with OER and Open-Access Resources. Presentation presented for MNU Faculty Development, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe,
  • Lucchi, A. (2022). Improving Student Success Through Library Instruction. Presentation presented for MNU Faculty Development, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe,
  • Lucchi, A. (2022). Improving Student Success Through Library Instruction. Presentation presented for MNU Faculty Development, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe,
  • Lucchi, A. (2021). Becoming WIRED: How the library can support your WIRED Presentation presented for MNU Faculty Development, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, (2020). Know what you write: Creative research for creative writers. Presentation presented for English Comp I class, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, A. (2020). Narrative discovery workshop: Personal development through Presentation presented for English Comp I class, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, A. (2020). Narrative discovery workshop: Personal development through Presentation presented at the One Year Adventure Novel 2020 Winter Workshop, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, A. (2020). Healing through story: Storytelling as Presentation presented at  the One Year Adventure Novel 2020 Winter Workshop, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, (2019). Leadership journey. Guest speaker for Applied Organizational Leadership Program course, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, A. (2019). Stories change the world: 3 powers of story. Presentation presented at the One Year Adventure Novel 2019 Summer Workshop, Olathe,
  • Lucchi, A. (2019). Leadership and teams: a game-based case Presentation presented at Ignite Business English Camp, Czech Republic.
  • Lucchi, (2019). Lightning project: a project management simulation. Presentation presented  at Ignite Business English Camp, Czech Republic.
  • Fitzsimmons, & Lucchi, A. (2019). Revise your learning. Presentation presented at Ignite Business English Camp, Czech Republic.
  • Lucchi, A. (2018) Know what you write: Creative research for creative writers. Presentation presented at Brighton Academy, Overland Park,
  • Lucchi, A. (2018). Charting a non-academic career: Library careers (panel). Presentation presented for the English Graduate Student Association at the University of Missouri KC, Kansas City,
  • Lucchi, A. (2018). Know what you write: Creative research for creative writers. Presentation  presented at the One Year Adventure Novel 2018 Summer Workshop, Olathe,
  • Riggers-Piehl, T., Lucchi, A., Karen, K., & Lim, G. (2020). Political participation and social engagement at girls’ and coeducational high schools: A comparative Presentation presented at the Association for Higher Education Annual Conference, virtual conference.
  • Fitzsimmons, B. & Lucchi, A. (2020). Board games, stories, and the composition classroom. Presentation presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication,     Milwaukee,
  • Fitzsimmons, B. & Lucchi, A. (2019). Teaching wizarding houses: Hogwarts’ case for a learner-centered Presentation presented at UMKC English Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
  • Fitzsimmons, & Lucchi, A. (2018). The facts of fiction: Research for creative writing. Presentation presented at Brick & Click Academic Library Conference, Maryville, MO.
  • Lucchi, (2018). Creativity and Writing, Presentation presented at MidAmerica Nazarene University 2018 Celebration of Scholarship, Olathe, KS.
  • Lucchi, A. (2017). “Agents of Change”: A Gamified Information Literacy Course. Presentation presented at the NC LITe Biannual Conference, Winston-Salem,
  • Chair, Kansas Council of Academic Library Deans and Directors, 2022-2023.
  • Chair of the Instructional Initiatives Committee, Kansas Council of Academic Library Deans and Directors, 2017-2020.
  • Vice Chair of the Membership Committee, Library Instruction Roundtable, Membership  Committee, October 30, 2018-June 30, 2019
  • American Library Association, Library Instruction Roundtable, Membership Committee, July 1, 2017- October 29,
  • American Library Association, Library Instruction Roundtable, Organization and Planning Committee, July 1, 2017- June 30,
  • Missouri Library Association, Marketing Subcommittee, 2017-2018.
  • Faculty Development Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2020-Present
  • Chair, Celebration of Scholarship Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2019- Present
  • Faculty Congress Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2019-Present
  • Faculty Welfare Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2019-2021 & 2022-Present
  • Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2019-2020 and 2021-2022
  • Intercultural Engagement Taskforce, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2018-2019
  • Honors Advisory Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2017-2019
  • Institutional Repository Committee, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2018-2019
  • International Education Committee, Davidson County Community College, 2017
  • Scholars of Global Distinction Sub-Committee, Davidson County Community College,  2017